Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-20
4 DIFFERENCE.
Acknowledgement Garland and SeCre'
tary Of State Bayard Split on the
Fishery Question.
Bsyard VIII Submit the Question to the
President and IL Not Sustained
VIII Resign His Office.
General Edgerton Takes Issue With Mr
Obsrly on His Illinois Civil Service
Reform Lstter-Texas Pensions.
THE VIRGINIA DEBT QUESTION.

1hI N1nUlNld LIE w hS41ONs
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.-Among the
lawyers who have watched the proceed
lngs in the Virginia habess corpus cases
the impression seems 10 prevail that the
Supreme court will sustain Judge Bond.
The cases involving the Virginia debt
question which came before the court
were decided bya vote of five to four.
Since then one of the judges has dice, land
that would leave the court upon the same
question tie, four to four. The idea is,
that II the four judges who sustained the
Virginia debt laws against the bond
holders had stood together the conclusion
of the court would have been to
defer hearing the pending case until after
the appointment of the 9th of June to
avoid tie. But one or more of the
former minority may have changed his
views, or at least have decided to sustain
Judge Bond, and hence the fixing the
hearing in November before the vacancy
in the bench can be filed. Had the con-
ference of the Judges indicated tie the
natural conclusion is that the hearing
would have been postponed until after
the filling Of the vacancy, as to FIX it
sooner with q known tie existing would
eventuate in going over the whole case
again.
TROUBLE IN THE CABINET.
There is another report current of q
disagreement in the cabinet that may
lead to one more resignation. The trou-
BILE as stated is between Mr.. Garland and
Mr.. Bayard, and grows out of the seal
fishery question. The seizure of the Can
adam vessels in Alaskan waters made by
the Treasury Department were according
to the laws ON the statute books. Mr..
BsVard as is known, holds that the claim
of Jurisdiction over the Alaskan waters
beyond the three mile limit is not tens-
BILE. When the case came be-
fore the United States court
at Sitka, it became the duty
of the Attorney General through his Off
Gals to secure the enforcement of the
law as he found it and thus to defend the
action of the Treasury Department. 1t
is stated that the briefs in the cases pre-
pared by the de p Srtment argue strongly
the side of the question opposed by Mr..
Bayard and thereby place him in an awk-
ward position in disputing the similar
claim of Canada to jurisdiction beyond
the three mile limit in Canadian waters.
Mr.. Bayard, it is said, will lay the matter
before the President ON his return, and
will resign If he is not sustained % his
position.
COMMISSIONER EDGARTON TALKS.
Civil Service Commissioner Edgarton
has returned and was at his desk to-day.
He was visited by your reporter who at
once brought up the subject of Commits
sioner Oberly's recent letter to the ILL.,
nois Democratic Association. 81 do not
believe in an extreme or strained con-
struction OF the civil service lay," said
Mr.. Edgsrton, referring to the Ooerly let
ter. "The law will accomplish its full
purpose without irritating the public
mind by an extreme construction. Tbese
state organizations have as much right to
resist as they ever had. There is
nothing in the law to prohibit it
A man is not deprived of the privilege OF
citizenship because he assumes public
Office, and I think the idea that mar
should abandon his residence il
q state, his citizenship, whe1
he takes Office in Washington i!
preposterous. Why, if the law is to b.
construed in this extreme manner it vii
array the public sgainst it. The legisla
tive power is ABOVE as all, and if thu
law is to be applied 81
as to deprive man of everv right Of citi
zenship because he takes office, the dang
er is that demand will be made upol
the legislative power to wipe 1t out
There is no necessity for anything of tn
sort. The law is all right, and 1t onl
nee is to be construed in acccordsnc
with common sense and practical expe
rience.
TEXAS PENSION.
Special to the Gazette.
| WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 "A pension wa
issued to-day to George M. Bell of Min
atsal Wells.
II YELLOW FEVER.
| WASHINGTON, Oct. ia Telegram
was received at the Marine Hospits
bureau this afternoon from Deputy Col
lector Spencer at Tampa, saying the out
look was better and that although Their
are rumors of new cases they have nc
been confirmed. One death occurre
yesterday. Owing to reported scarcit
of nurses at Tampa six scclimated nurse
at Savannah have been engaged by tn
Marine Hospital bureau and furnishe
with free transportation to Tampa.